surroundings

UK: /səˈraʊndɪŋz/

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surroundings / səˈraʊndɪŋz/ noun:plural

1. the conditions, scenery, etc, around a person, place, or thing; environment
   Also (less common): surrounds

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

sur•round•ing /səˈraʊndɪŋ/   n. 

1. [countable] something that surrounds.
2. surroundings, [plural] things, circumstances, conditions, etc., that form one's environment:
   In such surroundings, how could he hope to live a normal life?

adj. [before a noun]

3. enclosing or encircling:
   snow in the city and the surrounding suburbs.

Synonyms

See environment.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

sur•round•ing  (sə roun′ding), n. 

1. something that surrounds.
2. surroundings, environing things, circumstances, conditions, etc.;
   environment:
   He was too sick to be aware of his surroundings.
3. the act of encircling or enclosing.

adj. 

4. enclosing or encircling.
5. being the environment or adjacent area.

• 1400–50; late Middle English: inundation; see surround, -ing¹, -ing²

Synonyms

• 2. . See environment.